Please note!!
We're only accepting short film screenplays of 1 page or under. English only.

Festival Description
Did you ever dream to have your screenplay filmed and produced? Stop dreaming and make it happen this year!
mc² film, a filmmaking collective based in Bucharest, EU, are all about transforming your imagination and words into a real short film in 2018!
With short films accepted and screened at festivals in US, UK, Australia and Romania, mc² film is looking for the next big thing, the short scripts that will catch their eyes and spark their fire.

On our first edition of the festival we focused on short film screenplays under 6 pages. Now, we're moving one step closer to film festivals demands. There are hundreds of festivals accepting 1 minute films for no fee, so let's create together the films that will make a splash in the festival circuit!

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Awards
1) Ten semi-finalists will be selected. Each will receive one page of written analysis from at least two of our readers.
2) Five finalists will be selected. Each will receive one page of written analysis from at least three of readers.
3) The winner will receive one page of written analysis from at least four of our readers and will be offered to have the screenplay filmed by the mc² film collective, by the end of 2018.

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Eligibility
1) Submitted scripts must be original screenplays, and the sole property of the applicant(s).
2) All ages are eligible, from any country of the world.
3) All entries must be in English.
4) We're only accepting short screenplays, that must be 1 or under 1 page in length. Absolutely no exceptions.
5) There is no limit to the number of screenplays you may submit.
6) You may only submit a screenplay one time.
7) All entries must be uploaded in PDF format.
8) All screenplays should be written in industry standard format (Courier 12 pt font).
9) Please only write the title of the screenplay, your name and email address on the cover page.
10) Under absolutely no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entry screenplay(s) be made. Screenplays will not be returned.
11) If a submitted screenplay becomes optioned, produced or purchased between the time of submission and the end of the judging period, that screenplay will no longer be eligible.
12) Competition judges, readers and employees of the mc² (screenplay to) film Screenplay Competition, past and present, and their immediate friends and families, are not eligible to enter.
13) Screenplays, including outlines, treatments, pitches, log lines or any developmental material related to screenplay, that have previously won any contest, competition, grant, lab, fellowship, mentorship, reading or award of any kind, are not eligible.
14) Screenplay titles cannot be changed upon resubmission under any circumstances

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1st Edition Updates

UPDATE #5 - January 17th:
Feedback files for the mc² (screenplay to) FILM screenwriting contest just sent over to the writers! Thanks a lot for submitting your screenplays!

UPDATE #4 - September 15th:
Ladies and gents, after reading sooo many amazing screenplays and talking the necessary time to absorb, debate and appreciate them, here is the #mc2screenplaytoFILM WINNER:

ROSE by Luke Walker

We, mc² film, are looking forward to getting in touch with Luke and starting the pre-production!
Thanks a lot to everybody who sent their screenplays to us! We'll start writing those feedback pages to all our semifinalist and finalist, soon!

UPDATE #3 - September 5th:
We're one step closer to finding out the winner to our screenplay contest. Here are the five finalists:
BREAK IN by Claire Dimitriades
LADY AT THE END OF THE PIER by Jack Jones
NIGHTMARES by Steven Sallie
ROSE by Luke Walker
WITCHCRAFT by Waleed Shareef

UPDATE #2 - August 29th:
Ladies and gents, here are the semi-finalists of our screenplay contest:
BREAK IN by Claire Dimitriades
IMPROPRIETY by Dustin Bowcott
HUMANS DIE STANDING by Azizi Mohsen
LADY AT THE END OF THE PIER by Jack Jones
LOCAL HERO by Mark Renshaw
NIGHTMARES by Steven Sallie
RED TAPE by Luke Walker
ROSE by Luke Walker
TOLERANCE by Marc I. Daniels
WITCHCRAFT by Waleed Shareef

UPDATE #1 - August 26th:
We've been reading a lot during the last few weeks. Amazing stories! We can't wait to gather the votes and see who made it to the semi-finals.

Awards & Prizes

1) Ten semi-finalists will be selected. Each will receive one page of written analysis from at least two of our readers.
2) Five finalists will be selected. Each will receive one page of written analysis from at least three of readers.
3) The winner will receive one page of written analysis from at least four of our readers and will be offered to have the screenplay filmed by the mc² film collective, by the end of 2018.

Rules & Terms

1) Submitted scripts must be original screenplays, and the sole property of the applicant(s).
2) All ages are eligible, from any country of the world.
3) All entries must be in English.
4) We're only accepting short screenplays, 1 page or under in length. Absolutely no exceptions.
5) There is no limit to the number of screenplays you may submit.
6) You may only submit a screenplay one time.
7) All entries must be uploaded in PDF format.
8) All screenplays should be written in industry standard format (Courier 12 pt font).
9) Please only write the title of the screenplay, your name and email address on the cover page.
10) Under absolutely no circumstances will substitutions of either corrected pages or new drafts of the entry screenplay(s) be made. Screenplays will not be returned.
11) If a submitted screenplay becomes optioned, produced or purchased between the time of submission and the end of the judging period, that screenplay will no longer be eligible.
12) Competition judges, readers and employees of the mc² (screenplay to) film Screenplay Competition, past and present, and their immediate friends and families, are not eligible to enter.
13) Screenplays, including outlines, treatments, pitches, log lines or any developmental material related to screenplay, that have previously won any contest, competition, grant, lab, fellowship, mentorship, reading or award of any kind, are not eligible.
14) Screenplay titles cannot be changed upon resubmission under any circumstances

4 Reviews

Overall Rating

Quality

Value

Communication

Hospitality

Networking

Waleed Shareef

Response from festival:

Thank you very much, Waleed! :)

Jack Jones

This was the first time I've entered a screenwriting competition so I was not sure what to expect. I found the contest was really well organized, with some excellent honest feedback that should put me in good stead for future works.
I wish the contest winner and those behind the production all the best, and look forward to future competitions.

Response from festival:

Thank you, Jack! And keep in touch! Once again, animating it might be the avenue! And the more we think about it, as an animated film, the more we feel it has feature film potential!

Mohsen Azizi

I am very grateful that I was a semi-finalist at mc2 (screenplay to) FILM and got two constructive critics from professionals. I really appreciate it, the critics will help me a lot for further writing in future. Thanks a lot for the good advice.

Response from festival:

While I am an avid review writer overall, this is my first foray into writing an official review for a film and/or scriptwriting festival. I have experience in dealing with over 80 festivals for both the aforementioned entities. I was most pleasantly surprised with this festival. They are professional and courteous. I have had several very fruitful and informative communications with the organizers. The feedback I received was extremely helpful and it was 100% evident that they paid close attention to every word on the written page. I have not before or since received feedback with such intense detail and with easy-to-understand explanations. Overall (and most importantly), my most pleasing experience with these folks is that they actually follow through to the letter with everything they promise in exchange for your submission. I would highly recommend this festival and with many other script works either completed or in progress, I plan to submit more material to them in the near future in hopes of becoming another semi-finalist (at least!) Kudos to the staff and organizers. In closing, my only hope is that other festivals and contests of this nature follow the example and parameters set by this particular group.